Packing and preparing a wood stove for shipping?

[DanTwin Sisters]

After considering driving across the country for one of a couple of desired stoves, I'm looking into shipping / freight companies. What are best tips and practices for preparing a stove to ship? What needs done inside and with the stove, and how to wrap or crate? I will need it strapped to a pallet, I know that much.

It will be in the size range of 33" wide, 22" deep and 32" high and run around 530 pounds.

Thanks!

 

[begreen]

That would depend on the stove construction. At a minimum the stove legs should be solidly through-bolted to a heavy duty palette. It should be padded, then jacketed in heavy cardboard with strapping to hold it in place.

 

[DanTwin Sisters]

Thanks. Looks like it'll be a 3 year old Hearthstone Manchester. Any point in taking out the firebricks or taking off the door?

 

[begreen]

Go to the Hearthstone Tech website for service manuals.

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[clancey]

Just a question here--cannot you take off the legs and door and ship it that way? clancey

 

[Murray01]

Blaze King ship their stoves with the pedestal and/or legs and door off packed in separate boxes sitting on top of the firebox strapped to a pallet. The pallet has a 1”X4” frame built around the stove and boxes then wrapped in a heavy duty plastic. The firebricks are in the stove in their proper locations, none were broke. I removed them to minimize weight before moving the stove into the house and cleaned up about 1/2 cup of granular bits from the brick, I suspect if the bricks were packed separately I’d still have some granular bits in the box from shipping.

 

[begreen]

Just a question here--cannot you take off the legs and door and ship it that way? clancey

It depends on what is on the bottom of the stove. If there is an ashpan and air controls, then possibly no.